The final volume in the iconic Penguin Australian Children's Classics series, Blueback is a deceptively simple allegory about a boy who matures through fortitude, and finds wisdom by living in harmony with all forms of life. A beautiful distillation of Winton's art and concerns. About the Author Tim Winton has published 25 books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into 28 languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows,Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice be... View More...
All children love this traditional rhyme and singing along will help to develop number skills. Bouncy illustrations, innovative die cutting and popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child. Available in three formats, suitable for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and the nursery or classroom. View More...
Popular author/illustrator, Trace Moroney, has been sharing her message about Feelings for 10 YEARS now. To mark this occasion The Five Mile Press is releasing the Trace Moroney Feelings 10 Year Anniversary Edition slipcase. The slipcase contains 8 books, including When I'm Feeling Kind, When I'm Feeling Jealous, When I'm Feeling Lonely, When I'm Feeling Angry, When I'm Feeling Sad, When I'm Feeling Loved, When I'm Feeling Happy and When I'm Feeling Scared. About the Author: Trace Moroney is an internationally acclaimed children's author and illustrator. More than 3 million copies of her bo... View More...
Tales from Pavlysh: A World of Beauty contains 19 little tales from Sukhomlinsky's Ethics Anthology, a collection of over 500 stories designed to promote thought about values. The stories have been translated into English by Alan Cockerill, and beautifully illustrated by students from Ukraine and Belarus. All the stories in this short selection are about beauty, and how people perceive it and relate to it. The colourful illustrations are a feature of this book. Over 2000 pictures were entered in a competition to illustrate the 19 stories, and the pictures chosen for this book are exceptional. ... View More...
Two magical adventures packed with pixie power! The other fairies in Pixie Hollow are always asking Prilla for help. Prilla always says yes... even when she'd rather not. Then, to avoid hurting a friend's feelings, Prilla tells a little lie about one of the jobs and ends up in charge of a whole herd of butterflies. But there's something very important that Prilla doesn't know about butterflies... When one of Captain Hook's cannonballs lands in Pixie Hollow, Tinker Bell decides it's time the pirate paid for his attacks on the fairies and her friend, Peter Pan. Tink finds herself taking ch... View More...
Two magical adventures packed with pixie power! Meet Tink. She's the sassiest, most impatient fairy in the whole of Never Land. She's also the most loyal friend anyone could ever have and she has an amazing talent for fixing things. In this story, Tink needs her friends help with the one thing she cannot mend for herself - her broken heart. Lily is the best garden fairy around and can use her talent to make any plant bloom and grow. But when Lily plants a mysterious seed, it grows into an ugly, stinky plant, which makes everyone sneeze! None of the other fairies like the peculiar plant ... View More...
This title features six illustrated stories from Shakespeare. Six of Shakespeare's most famous plays are beautifully illustrated in this collection of dramatic retellings. It is an inspiring introduction to the intricate comedies of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night, the tragedies of Hamlet and Macbeth, and the contrasting love stories of Romeo and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatra. Specially retold by Nicola Baxter and with sumptuous paintings by Jenny Thorne, this timeless book brings the classic plays to life in an easy-to-understand format. William Shakespeare was born in England, ... View More...
Graffex is a series of illustrated literary classics retold for young readers, using a graphic novel format which is particularly popular with reluctant readers. Shakespeare's retelling of Julius Caesar's assassination and the turmoil that followed focuses on the conspirators, their initial reasoning and their ultimate guilt. Specially commissioned, full-colour, dramatic artwork faithfully respresents set-pieces from Shakepeare's tragedy, and brings excitement and atmosphere to this stirring tale. Speech bubbles work with the main text to emphasise and enhance the retelling. A running ... View More...